What is CVE-2021-28790?

CVE-2021-28790 is a high-severity vulnerability in Swiftlint Project. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-03-18.

How severe is CVE-2021-28790?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Swiftlint Project

CVE-2021-28790

The unofficial SwiftLint extension before 1.4.5 for Visual Studio Code allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by constructing a malicious workspace with a crafted swiftlint.path configuration value that triggers execution upon opening the workspace.

EPSS: 0.017 (74.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Swiftlint_project Swiftlint
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-28790?: CVE-2021-28790 is a high-severity vulnerability in Swiftlint Project. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-28790?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.